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  Technical Bulletin

• The changing face of petrol fuels and the real impact

• Jan 23

• Autobiz (337)
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...Over the years, we have seen petrol go from leaded to unleaded, as the tetra lead content was removed from petrol. This created some issues for engines not compatible with this reduction in the lead content and required engine modifications to cope. This was especially true for older vehic...

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  Technical Bulletin

• The CAN Data Bus

• Dec 03

• Hella Ireland (1757)
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...History of the CAN data bus 1983 Start of CAN development. 1985 Start of co-operation with Intel for chip development. 1988 The first CAN series type is available from Intel. Mercedes Benz begins CAN development in the automotive field. 1991 First use of CAN in a standard vehicl...

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• The blower, a key component of the A/C loop

• Sep 12

• Valeo (135)
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...The blower, a key component of the A/C loop AirCon Air Con Air/Con Air Conditioning The blower is a key part of the A/C loop. It is located in the HVAC module and ensures efficient air flow in the cabin. Its main components are a wheel, a motor, a decoupling ring, the motor support...

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• Testing the thickness difference of a brake disc

• Jun 16

• Hella Ireland (1757)
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...Technical Information Page 1 of 1 2016 © Hella Pagid GmbH, Essen The reprinting, distribution, reproduction, exploitation in any form and disclosure of the contents of this document, even in part, is prohibited without our express written approval and indication of the source. The schemat...

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• Testing sensors in vehicle diagnostics

• Nov 11

• Autoinform (109) Contact
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...Testing sensors in vehicle diagnostics Testing sensors is a key part of vehicle diagnostics. In this video Frank Massey, Diagnostics Expert at AUTOiNFORM online magazine explains the need to use a number of different tests to evaluate the functionality of sensors, and demonstrates his m...

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  Technical Bulletin

• Testing Secondary Ignition Coil Voltage Using an Oscilloscope

• Feb 16

• PicoScope (102)
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...In this video Phil Rutt of Pico Technology gives a demonstration on completing a Secondary ignition test using Pico's Secondary ignition pick-up (MI074) and 4 HT Extension leads (TA037). Phil covers connection to the vehicle, the PicoScope settings required, and discusses the waveform resu...

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• Testing Power, Ground and Current Using an Oscilloscope

• Nov 16

• PicoScope (102)
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...Frank Massey's Top Ten Tests with PicoScope: #6 Power, ground, current In Frank's sixth video, he looks at the relationship between current, voltage drop and ground reference. Frank discusses the theory of the test, what is being tested and the use of PicoScope software in detail. H...

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  Tech Tip

• Testing Piezoelectric Injectors

• Dec 11

• Autobiz (337)
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...Testing Piezoelectric Injectors When you squeeze quartz an odd thing happens, it will produce a current. When you apply current to quartz, it will rapidly change shape and stay in that new shape. Piezoelectric injectors uses this characteristic to provide fast, precise control of inject...

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• Testing Piezo Injectors with Frank Massey

• Jan 12

• Autoinform (109) Contact
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...Testing Piezo Injectors with Frank Massey In this exclusive 'HOW TO' video, vehicle diagnostic expert and trainer Frank Massey explains his procedures when testing Piezo injectors on the latest Bosch Common Rail vehicle system. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFLc7hEKnUk...

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• Testing of Shear Strength

• Jul 14

• Hella Ireland (1757)
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...Technical Information Testing of Shear Strength In many publications dealing with the ECE-R90 test, the wording shear strength appears. But what does this really mean? The testing of shear strength checks the strength of the connection between the friction material and the pad's base pl...